Thai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tai *ʔeːkᴰ (yoke), from Middle Chinese (MC 'eak, “yoke”). Cognate with Isan แอก, Lao ແອກ (ʼǣk), Northern Thai ᩋᩯ᩠ᨠ, Khün ᩋᩯ᩠ᨠ, ᦶᦀᧅ (˙ʼaek), Tai Dam ꪵꪮꪀ (ék), Tai Dón ꪵꪮꪀ, Shan ဢႅၵ်ႇ (ʼèk), Tai Nüa ᥟᥦᥐᥱ (ʼǎek), Ahom 𑜒𑜢𑜀𑜫 (ʼik), Zhuang ek, eg.

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic/Phonemicแอก
æ ɒ k
RomanizationPaiboonɛ̀ɛk
Royal Instituteaek
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔɛːk̚˨˩/(R)

Noun edit

แอก (ɛ̀ɛk)

  1. yoke